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New York; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945. LooseLeaf. Bound material. 4to. [4], 111 pages. 30 cm. First edition. Primer produced by the research department, containing descriptions and statistical information on JDC programs and countries of operation up to 1945. With a history of the JDC, phases of emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction programs, 'Fight against Extermination' [pgs. 92-111]. Subjects: Jewish refugees - History - 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue. Jewish refugees. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee - History. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Jews - Rescue. World War (1939-1945) . Jews - Europe - Economic conditions. Jews - Economic conditions. OCLC lists 4 copies (USHMM, Harvard, Brandeis, HUC) , none in New York. Lightly aged; clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-123-40).

Duluth, Minn. , Finnish Pub. Co, 1947. Paperback. 8vo. 253 Pages. In Finnish. SUBJECT (S) : Finns - United States - biography. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Covers lightly soiled and loose, good condition. (FIN-17-39).

Praha (Prague) Svaz Bojovníku Za Svobodu, 1948. Hardback. Original Boards with Original Dust Jacket. 8vo. 102 pages ; 22 cm. In Czech. Title translates into English as, "What Was. " "František Bláha (1896 - 1979) was a Czech and Czechoslovak physician and politician who belonged to the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party. He was a member of the postwar Constituent National Assembly, and, after the year 1948, a member of the Communist Party and a member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia... and during Normalization... became a signatory of Charter 77... In the years 1925-1938 he was head physician of the gynecological department of the hospital in Jihlava. In the spring of 1939 was the organizer of Sokol resistance. In the years 1939-1945 he was imprisoned in Dachau. " (Wikipedia, 2017) This is Bláha's story of his internment in Dachau, from the year of original publication. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide, and only 1 in the United States (UNC) . Both book and Dust Jacket are in very good… Leer más

New York, Rizzoli, 1989. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original cloth with dust jacket. Oversized. 144 pages. One of America's greatest figurative artists is honored in this monograph, with satiric commentary by Levine himself on his own work, classic influences, and six decades as an artist. Signed and dated by Jack Levine on first end page. Light staining on front end page. Previous owner's stamp on front end page and publication page. Dust jacket in very good+ condition. Overall Very Good+ Condition. A gorgeous copy. (AC-4-24).

London, Luzac & Co, 1914. Softcover, 8vo, 21 pages, 25 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Great Britain. Jews -- England -- London. "Paper read before the Jewish historical society of England, March 7, 1913." Duschinsky (Jacob Koppel; 1878-1944) , was an "historian. Duschinsky was born in Namestovo, Czechoslovakia; he served as rabbi in Kostel, Moravia, from 1904 to 1907, and thereafter settled in London, where he engaged in business. He continued publishing monographs in scholarly journals on Anglo-Jewish history and other topics. His most important work was The Rabbinate of the Great Synagogue, London, from 1756-1842 (1921) " (Roth in EJ 2007) . OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Wear to spine. Fold crease down center of book. Staining to cover. Bumped corners and edges. Otherwise good condition. (Rab-51-2).

London, Luzac & Co, 1914. Softcover, 8vo, 21 pages, 25 cm. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Great Britain. Jews -- England -- London. "Paper read before the Jewish historical society of England, March 7, 1913." Duschinsky (Jacob Koppel; 1878-1944), was an "historian. Duschinsky was born in Namestovo, Czechoslovakia; he served as rabbi in Kostel, Moravia, from 1904 to 1907, and thereafter settled in London, where he engaged in business. He continued publishing monographs in scholarly journals on Anglo-Jewish history and other topics. His most important work was The Rabbinate of the Great Synagogue, London, from 1756-1842 (1921)" (Roth in EJ 2007). OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Wear to spine. Fold crease down center of book. Staining to cover. Bumped corners and edges. Otherwise good condition. (Rab-51-2).

New York; Hebrew Educators Committee For Labor Palestine, 1944. Pamphlet. Original Wraps. 8vo. 19 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Adapted by Shalom Hektin, Translation and Illustrations by Thelma Mozeson. With 5 illustrations, and a glossary of Hebrew terms. Holocaust-era adaptation of the story, the narrative of the child Jacob, a Chatufim (kidnapped) , who does not bend or break under the weight of punishment for not converting to Christianity in Tsarist Russia as a young boy, has to serve as a soldier in the Tsar's army, is finally discharged in middle age, returns to Judaism, finds a living as a horse trader, and eventually emigrates to Jerusalem, becoming one of the earliest Zionists to settle there. Subjects: Hebrew Educators Committee for Labor Palestine - Jewish Childrens Book Club. Childrens Literature - Jewish - Labor Zionism. OCLC lists 3 copies (JTSA, Harvard, Cape Town) . Wraps worn, torn at edges, light wear internally, overall clean. Good condition. (ZION-7-6).

Syracuse, N. Y. ; Syracuse University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIII, 262 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Malka chronicles the Sephardic Jewish community's history from its beginning in 1885 (when there were only eight families) to the late 1960s, when the Jews left the Sudan for more hospitable countries. Malka writes about his father's prominent role in the community and in the building of Khartoum's lavish synagogue and the community's growth, which peaked in the 1930s and 1940s. The author digresses a bit in his discussion of the Jews of Ethiopia, Aden, Yemen, and Eritrea and in his discourse on the growth of the B'nai B'rith in the Sudan, Egypt, France, and the U. S. The book's final chapters are autobiographical as Malka focuses first on his childhood, then on his travels, career, marriage, and family, offering descriptions of Sephardic life and culture. With 50 illustrations. "In his book Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan (Syracuse University Press,… Leer más

Andover [Mass. ] : M. Newman, 1827. Hardcover. 8vo. Viii, 573 p. : fold. Map. In English. SUBJECT (S) : Bible -- Antiquities. In fair condition. (AMR31-7).

Andover [Mass]: Printed BY Flagg And Gould For G. & C. Carvill, 1828. Hardcover. 8vo. Dvxiii, 692 pages. First English Language edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - history - to 70 A. D. Singerman Nr. 0459. Jahn (1750-1816) studied philosophy at Olmutz and theology at the convent in Bruck, and was ordained in 1775. He taught at Bruck, Olmutz, and Vienna, where he clashed with the church establishment of the possibility that Job, Jonah, Tobit, and Judith could be didactic poems and possessions described in the New Testament could be physiological diseases. (Encyclopædia Britannica) Covers missing, some leather on the spine is worn off, ex library with blind stamp on title page, good condition. (MX-8-1).

Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1869. Quarter leather; 8vo. 334 pages. Embossed spine with gilt titles; spattered edges. In German. Fourth volume. Series: Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur Schriften, 14. Jahr 1868-1869. This serial publication ran from 1860-69. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Biography. Usual edgewear and age staining; backstrip peeling off. Good condition. (GR-3-6).

Prague: Gesellschaft Fuer Geschichte, 1935. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo; 483 pages; In German. Yearbook of the "association of historical study of the Jews in the Czech Republic." Contains articles by various writers regarding Jewish culture, history, religion, local communities and folklore. Published annually between the years 1929-1938. Contains tables, photos, facsimiles, maps and diagrams. A treasure-trove of information on the Jews of Bohemia & Moravia. 9 volumes were published in total. Light wear, hinges starting, blank endpapers brown as usually found, internally bright white clean paper and strong binding, no tears to fold outs at rear, Very Good Condition. (GER-12-30A).

Berlin, B. Harz, 1925. Hardcover. First edition. Original tan boards. 8vo. 618, 480 pages; 23.5 cm. Three volumes, bound in 2, Volume 25 (1923) and the combined Volumes 26 and 27 (1925) . Written in German with some Arabic, French, Hebrew, and Italian. Title translates to "Yearbook for Jewish Folklore. " An annual publication that followed the periodical series "Mitteilungen zur Jüdischen Volkskunde" by the same editor. "In 1898, Max Grunwald (1871-1953) , a rabbi living in Hamburg and then Vienna, established the Gesellschaft für Jüdische Volkskunde, Mitteilungen (der Gesellschaft) für Jüdische Volkskunde (1898-1929) and Museum für Jüdische Volkskunde, having issued a call to collect materials and a questionnaire in 1896. Grunwald hoped that Jewish Volkskunde would preserve a record of a disappearing way of life and, by demonstrating the beauty of traditions and encouraging their revival, help stem the tide of assimilation; he also hoped that by showing the connectedness of Jews to other… Leer más

Prague, Gesellschaft Fuer Geschichte, 1938. Hardcover. First Edition. Original red boards with gilt lettering. 4to. About 450 pages; 24cm. In German. Title translates to "Yearbook for the Association of Historical Study of the Jews in the Czech Republic. " Complete set of all 9 volumes. Contains articles by various writers regarding Jewish culture, history, religion, local communities and folklore. Published annually between the years 1929-1938. Contains tables, photos, facsimiles, maps and diagrams. A treasure-trove of information on the Jews of Bohemia & Moravia. Minimal markings and staining. Mild edgewear. Some volumes ex-libris. Slight toning to pages. Spine loose on Volume IV and a piece of spine missing on Volume I. Overall, very good condition. VOL 9, from 1938, is especially scarce. (GER-39-9A).

Berlin: A. Katz, 1931. 12mo. In German. 15 volumes: 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1921-1922, 1931. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - history - periodicals; Jewish literature - periodicals. Most volumes are edgeworn and have darkened pages. 1917, 1920, 1921-22 and 1905 have tears along the spine, overall good condition. Price per volume(GER-22-17).

Hardcover. Berlin: Albert Katz, 1916. Cloth; 12mo. 246, 35 pages. In German. "Mitteilungen" at end paginated separately. The Verband der Vereine für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur in Deutschland was founded in Berlin in 1893 under the leadership of Gustav Karpeles in order to attain the aims of the traditional bet ha-midrash by means of lectures and discussions of Jewish history, both past and present, and by the publication of popular essays. It published a yearbook from 1898-1937. (EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Periodicals. Pages brown; blank endpaper loose, hinges starting, otherwise Good Condition. (G-1-12).

Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1863. Quarter leather; 8vo. 331 pages. Embossed spine with gilt titles; spattered edges. In German. Third volume. Series: Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur Schriften, 8. Jahr 1862-1863. This serial publication ran from 1860-69. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Biography. Usual edgewear and age staining; backstrip peeling off. Notes on flyleaf. Good condition. (GR-3-5).

Hardcover. Berlin: Albert Katz, 1898. Cloth; 12mo. 331 pages. In German. The Verband der Vereine für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur in Deutschland was founded in Berlin in 1893 under the leadership of Gustav Karpeles in order to attain the aims of the traditional bet ha-midrash by means of lectures and discussions of Jewish history, both past and present, and by the publication of popular essays. It published a yearbook from 1898-1937. (EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Periodicals. Some waterdamage to bottom edge of book, pages starting to brown, general wear, about good condition (G-1-6).

Paperback. Berlin: Albert Katz, 1920. Paper Wrappers, 12mo. 145, 28 pages. In German. "Mitteilungen" at end paginated separately. The Verband der Vereine für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur in Deutschland was founded in Berlin in 1893 under the leadership of Gustav Karpeles in order to attain the aims of the traditional bet ha-midrash by means of lectures and discussions of Jewish history, both past and present, and by the publication of popular essays. It published a yearbook from 1898-1937. (EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Periodicals. Pages brown; first several leaves detached, otherwise Good Condition. (G-1-17).

Berlin, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. ; 8vo; 260 + 51 pages; Pages tanned, Good condition. (GER-31-1).